Table 5.

Summary of the health benefits and mechanism of action of HT.

Health Benefit	Mechanism of Action	References
Anti-inflammatory	Inhibition of LPS mediated expression of TNF-α and IL-1β ↓ Expression of NADPH oxidase and MAPKs ↓ Inflammasome	[5,6]
Neuroprotective	Inhibition of the formation of α-synuclein and β-amyloid fibrils	[7,8,9]
Antiangiogenic	Inhibition of VEGF receptor-2 activation	[10]
Pro-apoptotic	↓ Proliferation of MCF-7	[13,14]
Anti-diabetic	Insulin-like effect on target cells	[61,62]
Antioxidant	Blood lipids’ protection from oxidative stress	[15]